Politics and government

“Tito Sotto has announced his intention to file a bill lowering the early retirement age to 39.”

Vera Files says: There is no record of senator-elect Tito Sotto announcing in a radio interview his plan to file a bill lowering the early retirement age to 39 years old.

“video on Facebook of President William Ruto addressing a crowd as they purportedly chant ‘Ruto must go’”

“Congress leader MP attended American Investor George Soros son's wedding.”

“image on X (formerly Twitter) purportedly depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with stained pants”

“The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.”

“Video shows a report on a helicopter crash that killed Iran's president amid the Israel-Iran conflict in June 2025.”

Vera Files says: The circulating report about the helicopter crash that killed former Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was from May 2024. This is not a new development related to the Israel-Iran conflict.

“Video shows members of the Iranian parliament burning a United States flag amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict this June 2025.”

Vera Files says: The circulating video shows members of the Iranian parliament burning a United States flag in 2018. This is not recent footage amid the escalating Israel-Iran conflict this June 2025.

“The video shows Iranian lawmakers burning the U.S. flag inside Parliament and threatening to use a nuclear bomb against the U.S. amid the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict.”

FACTLY says: The viral video dates back to 09 May 2018, and it is unrelated to the ongoing June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict. It shows Iranian lawmakers burning a placard resembling the U.S. flag inside Parliament, a day after then U.S…

“The viral photo shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with terrorist Hafiz Saeed”

FACTLY says: The viral photo is edited. The original photo is from PM Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan on 25 December 2015, where he met then-Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif. The face of Sharif has been digitally replaced with Hafiz Saee…

“TikTok post claiming that Uganda’s Finance Minister Matia Kasaija resigned after reading the 2025/2026 budget”

“video on TikTok showing Kenyan President William Ruto saying that Uganda needs a younger president”

“Video shows a student describing the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte as “selective justice.”

Vera Files says: The original video posted on June 14 carried the hashtag #AI and was labeled by Meta as AI-generated. The video also contains a watermark from Veo, an AI video generation tool by Google.

“digital card on X (formerly Twitter) with Kenyans.co.ke branding and purportedly quoting Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Faith Odhiambo”

“The video shows Canadian police arresting Khalistani protesters shortly before Prime Minister Modi arrived at the G7 Summit.”

FACTLY says: The video is old and unrelated to the June 2025 G7 Summit in Canada. It shows a 22 September 2024 incident from Nassau County, New York, where police arrested a Khalistani protester during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to…

“Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer be impeached after several senators resigned and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero was “stripped of power.”

Vera Files says: The YouTube video merely used footage from the June 11 Senate session, where Senate President Francis Escudero delivered his losing statement and some outgoing senators gave their valedictory speeches. No resignation wa…

“Video shows journalist Anjana Om Kashyap apologising for failing to speak up against the government and saying that she would be questioning the government from now onwards”

FACTLY says: The viral video has been manipulated using AI. The original footage features Kashyap praising her home state, Bihar

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“Former President Rodrigo Duterte can now be released from detention in The Hague, the Netherlands, following the defense team's request for his interim release to an undisclosed country.”

Vera Files says: Duterte remains detained in The Hague, Netherlands. The Pre-Trial Chamber I has yet to rule on the Defense's June 12 request for his interim release.

“post on TikTok claiming that the State Minister in charge of Youth and Children Affairs in Uganda, Balaam Barugahare, has resigned”

“letter on Facebook claiming that James Swan, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for Somalia, responded to the Somali government’s call to dissolve the C6+ international coordination framework”